How many secondary spermatocytes are required to form 400 million spermatozoa ?

How many secondary spermatocytes are required to form 400 million spermatozoa ?
  1. 50 million
  2. 100 million
  3. 200 million
  4. 400 million

Solution

Spermatogenes is the formation of spermatozoa in males. Each secondary spermatocyte undergo Meiosis II and form two spermatids. $\rightarrow$ Thus 200 million spermatocytes are required to produce 400 million spermatozoa.

Asked in: NEET 2022 (Phase 2)

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